The promiscuous module
Synopsis

`Module Name:` pam_permit `Author:` Andrew G. Morgan, <morgan@kernel.org> `Maintainer:` Linux-PAM maintainer. `Management groups provided:` account; authentication; password; session `Cryptographically sensitive:` `Security rating:` VERY LOW. Use with extreme caution. `Clean code base:` Clean. `System dependencies:` `Network aware:`

Overview of module

This module is very dangerous. It should be used with extreme caution. Its action is always to permit access. It does nothing else.

Account+Authentication+Password+Session components

`Recognized arguments:` `Description:` No matter what management group, the action of this module is to simply return `In the case of authentication, the user's name will be acquired. Many applications become confused if this name is unknown. `Examples/suggested usage:` It is seldom a good idea to use this module. However, it does have some legitimate uses. For example, if the system-administrator wishes to turn off the account management on a workstation, and at the same time continue to allow logins, then she might use the following configuration file entry for login: # # add this line to your other login entries to disable account # management, but continue to permit users to log in... # login account required pam_permit.so`